Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
THE CENTRAL FAIR.

Fine weather was accorded the Cen
trail fair Monday and Tuesday for getting
the exhibition under way, but for the
opening of the fair, Wednesday, the
weather was slightly rainy and just threat
ening enough, when not raining, to dis
courage people from coming to town, and
consequently the attendance was not near
as large as expected, especially as it was
fremen's tournament day, when the So
ciety might reasonably look forward to a
big crowd. Thursday was clear, but
the muddy roads, with the race track not
in good condition, made the attendance
again light. Friday was another clear
day, and for the last day there was a good
showing of gate money. The exhibit
made in nearly all departments was bet
ter than the average, and in some rather
superior to former years. Especially is
this true in the line of stock, horses, hogs
and sheep, and in the vegetable depart
ment it must be said to have been unus-
ually large and fine, taking into consid-
Grafton the dry season. In fruits there
was good showing. We do not
hesitate to assert that the vegetable dis
play at the Central was twice the extent
of that at the State fair There was
very choice exhibit of poultry, pair OF
magnificent white turkeys attracting par
ticular attention. In the fine arts hall a
larger display has been seen, but for It's
extent it was exceptionally fine. Among
the exhibits we would mention the fol-
| lowing: J. B. May, fine exhibit of fine
photographs, small and enlarged F.
Specht, harnesses, saddles, etc.; Woodland
& Stone, cracker, candy and cookie dis
play; Mrs. L. Schwarz, fancy work and
silk fancy quilt; E. w. Schultz, superb
display of furniture. toilet sets, etc. Miss
Agnes Boyne, oil paintings and crayon
sketch; J. Keck & Sons, fine furniture;
Z. E. Jack, High-arm Singer sewing
machine; Schlueter Bros, tobacco and
cigar display; Schiller & Quentmeyer,
cloths, clothing and gents furnishing
goods. For extent and variety this was
a magnificent display, and the arrange
ment of the goods attracted general at
tention. Platz & Brandt, fine display of
velvets, silks, curtains and carpets; Bad
ger State Bottlipg Co., S. M. Eaton &
Son, soda water, ginger ale and mineral
water exhibit; VIM Weber & Co., parlor,
cook, wood and coal stoves and cistern
pumps; J. SaIick & Son, jewelry, silver
ware, toys and fancy goods; d. & F. Kusel,
stoves, ranges and cutlery; VIM J. Lees
miniature museum, comprising alligator,
stuffed birds and animals rare collection
of coins valued at $40; H. Reinke, Ire
mont house, culinary specimens, roasted
pig and sweet meats; VIM. Gorder made
adisplayo of chimney tops, tiles and stucco
goods; E. A. Mendenhall, fine assort-
ment of well and cistern pumps; T. Helm
richs Manufacturing Co., doors, SASH
blinds, mouldings and bannisters; Globe
Milling Co, large exhibit of choice brands
of -four for both domestic and foreign
markets; S. G. Roper & Co., farm ma
chinery, wagons, horse power and feed
mill combined, Ross straw cutter, Acme
harrow, Belle City feed cutter, South
Bend Chill and Moline plows; J. F.
Braemer, display of farm machinery; j.
d. Casey exhibited wagons and buggles
of his manufacture; F. x. Prochazka &
Go. exhibited ice wagon built for S. M.
Eaton & Son. A pair of domesticated
quails shown by w. FL. Potter, of Far
mington, attracted considerable attention.
The show of stock on the grounds was
very fine, the Devon herd of Geo. Baker
& Sons and the Holsteins of Randall
Bros, of Hustisford, being much admired
John Jones, Emmett, Shorthorn stock; J.
s. Gibson, Lowell, Shorthorns; John w.
Canes, Lowell, Shorthorns, horses and
Lincoln sheep; Geo. McKerrow, Sussex,
Oxford Down sheep; Randall Bros. also
exhibited hogs; S. A. Jones, Hustisford,
Merino sheep and poultry; David Flavin,
Emmett, Durham bull; S. B. Jones, Hus-
tisford, matched team and driving horse.
ID. E. Pugh, of TIE Sixth ward, was the
first prize winner on his Hambletonian
roadster and carriage horse. The Clydes-
dale horses of Dr. Valerius & Co. formed
a fine exhibit in their line. Harvester
(3,681) was the admired of all, and it
need not be said that he bore off the first
honors of his class. NORMAN, of Ixonia,
showed several specimens of Holstein
cattle.
Rain interfered with the racing, max